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A CAPTIVE DEER by IDA M. FOLSOM

First Line: A SPIRIT COWED, THAT ONCE HAS FACED
Last Line: A SPIRIT COWED?
Subject(s): COURAGE; DEATH; DEER; FREEDOM; VALOR; BRAVERY; DEAD, THE; LIBERTY;
A spirit cowed, that once has faced
The vast indomitable waste,
Is one with death. Defeated he
Still scorns to bend the conquered knee,
Or drink the cup of his distaste.
The narrow confines that replaced
The stretches he had known and graced
Are writing large in destiny
A spirit cowed.
But stalwart heart, that proudly raced
In tune with tempests as he paced,
Has bred in him eternity,
And deathless courage holds the key
To timeless freedom. He debased?
A spirit cowed?



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